Youtube: Stop censoring channels related to marijuana

From Pevgrow we would like to denounce the injustice that is suffering the marijuana sector by the Youtube video platform.

For days, hundreds of channels related to the cannabis world have been suspended without warning. Our Youtube channel, as well as many others in the industry, has been censored for reasons that we do not know and that we still cannot understand. We have not received a specific response from the video streaming platform itself regarding the reason for this indiscriminate censorship, as they have only sent us automatic replies in response to our appeals.

From Pevgrow we have requested information on the specific reasons for the suspension of these totally harmless channels, dedicated to the world of cannabis and which in no case can be considered aggressive or offensive. We consider that it is an injustice to indiscriminately block all our work and effort of years, that with so much care and detail we have been offering our followers.

We have been seeing with real surprise and indignation that the majority of thematic channels dedicated to the world of marijuana and its cultivation, both grow shops and seed banks (including world-famous and respected seed banks such as Fastbuds, Dinafem, Dutch Passion, Delicious Seeds...) have been disappearing from this video platform for various reasons. Violations of policy, terms of service, YouTube community rules, spam or misleading practices and content... are just some of the excuses that YouTube has given to us, the professionals in the industry. This is really surprising considering that they define themselves as a platform for freedom of expression.

While waiting for a real and concrete response from Youtube, from Pevgrow we can only publicly claim this injustice and hope that this platform will react and end the censorship by re-establishing these channels immediately.

For the time being, we can only claim and make visible what we consider to be a clear injustice and ask for your full support. We also want to encourage you to join us in our protest by signing, sharing and making public this situation of abuse.

For our part, of course, we will continue to do everything we can to bring this situation to an end so that we can continue to report freely on an ethical and honest sector that deserves the same respect and opportunities as any other.